It won’t bring the victims back, but this public apology is an official acknowledgement of the wrong inflicted. For those who have suffered Stardust, it was a basic human right
She is now 84, frail, small, in a wheelchair, hard of hearing - but her beloved boy is forever in her heart, forever 18.
And yesterday, after last week’s landmark inquest in Dublin Coroners Court heard all 48 had been unlawfully killed, the state got to its knees and finally said: “Sorry.” He said Michael Barrett, 17, was “wise beyond his years” while Carol Bissett was “a Girl Guide, quiet in her way”.
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